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U 1 Aircraft - “The security environment is uncertain; NATO's capability and will is not," said U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and U.S. 6th Fleet, in a statement. "Enabled by trust, the agility, ingenuity, and tenacity demonstrated by the sailors, Marines, and airmen deter aggression and show we are ready to defend the alliance."

Photos published on the U.S. The military's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) last week showed the Bush streaming in formation with the Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and the Spanish Navy amphibious assault ship-aircraft carrier ESPS Juan Carlos I, among other warships.

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Three NATO aircraft carriers from the United States, Italy, and Spain just wrapped up multicarrier operations in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group's scheduled deployment to the U.S.

Naval Forces Europe area of ​​operations. By Jared Keller | Published Mar 2, 2023 11:51 AM EST This past week marked "the first time Bush operated directly alongside allied carrier strike groups since late November when there were five allied strike groups throughout European waters," U.S.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Tyler Barker, a spokesman for the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and the 6th Fleet, told Task & Purpose. "The level of trust developed between the U.S. and allied forces throughout our time in the theater, including past iterations of NEST and other bi- and multi-lateral operations, will pay dividends going forward,” said Rear Adm.

Dennis Velez, commander of the Bush CSG. "Our national security – as well as Euro-Atlantic security – draws upon the strength of teamwork and our common purpose as allied nations." The Bush's Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG 10) is currently made up of Carrier Air Wing 7, Destroyer Squadron 26 — comprised of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Nitze, USS Farragut, USS Truxtun, and USS Delbert D. Black.

— and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf, according to the Navy. The carriers were taking part in NATO Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike 2023-1 (or NEST), the first such iteration of the maritime exercise this year, which saw more than 31 ships and 135 aircraft (including the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter)

operated "in close coordination" alongside supporting units from Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Albania, according to NATO. This current round of multicarrier operations comes just months after both the Bush and next-generation USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers integrated with the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, the Cavour, and the United Kingdom's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier for an unprecedented

five-carrier maritime exercise party back in November. Jared Keller is the managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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